Perpetual educational inequality : an historical analysis of the Germantown community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| Title: | Perpetual educational inequality : an historical analysis of the Germantown community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Author: | Brown, Jordan |
| Department: | Haverford College. Dept. of History |
| Type: | Thesis (B.A.) |
| Running Time: | 173486 bytes128719 bytes |
| Issue Date: | 2002 |
| Abstract: | The Germantown community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was founded as a German settlement in the late seventeenth century and for centuries was a largely "suburban"-- or even rural-- environment inhabited by almost exclusively people of European descent. However, the twentieth century saw such a large influx of black residents that at the end of the twentieth century there were few whites remaining. This paper examines the social and cultural forces that turned a white, suburban enclave into a predominantly black ghetto and focuses on the importance of educational inequalities [black vs. white] as one of the major contributors to the community's present state of near despair. |
| Subject: | Education -- Pennsylvania -- Germantown (Philadelphia) -- History |
| Subject: | Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History |
| Subject: | Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Race relations -- History |
| Terms of Use: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ |
| Permanent URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/10066/659 |
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Citation
"Perpetual educational inequality : an historical analysis of the Germantown community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania".
2002. Available electronically from
http://hdl.handle.net/10066/659.